Disclaimer- 9th verse same as the first.
Chapter 9
The motley crew continued on and the path seemed to get lighter as they went along.
Small glowing orbs magically lit their paths. They all hoped that they where leaving
the worst behind them. The monotony started to grate on Sara's nerves. She was patient
but this was ridiculous. They had been walking for hours now. She slipped her journal
out of her pocket and decided to read and try to figure out more of what was happing
around them.
The strange alliance now included the former prince of a land all but forgotten. They
did not know who are what he really was but the girl found herself comforted to be in
his presence. The goblin king followed them in silence not sure of what to make of the
new comer but felt him as more of a nuisance then anything. The group passes several
sealed doors. The inhabitants of these prisons are beyond help and their prison had
long ago become their tomb. The tunnel widens ahead of them into a small room whose
only occupants were two gargoyles.
Sara looks up from her journal and regards the two stone creatures now in front of her.
The first statue looked rather cat like with long leather wings and the other looked more
like something she'd find adorning a chapel.
"Well what do we do now?" Trivael asks thumping one of the gargoyles on the head.
Quicker then any of them could blink the catlike one snapped at his hand.
In a low gravely voice it said, "I'd watch who you are thumping bird."
The second one spoke up then, "Yes that is so, or you may be thumped back."
The cat one stretches its wings shaking off dust.
"Are you really made of stone?" Sara asks bewildered.
"Are you really that stupid? We are stone when we choose to be. We are the royal guards of
this prison. I am Triad the bringer of death and destruction." The second gargoyle said
haughtily. "And this is my partner Fluffy." It said pointing to the feline one.
"Fluffy?" The group looked on confusion.
"Yes Fluffy do you have a problem with that?" It said extending its very sharp feline claws.
"Nope no problem here." Trivael said backing away.
"Seeing as we are the guards in a forgotten prison, your presence here can mean only two things.
One, you are trying to escape, or two you're trying to help some one else escape. So we
must kill you." Triad said matter of factly.
"Yes nothing personal you see. Just doing our jobs." Fluffy said slinking closer to the group.
"No wait! See this guy, he's the king of the goblins so he's like your boss right?" Sara said
pointing to Jareth who looked more then a little irritated about the whole situation.
"Nope won't work the king was old, and an ass. This guy looks like a poof." Triad said
standing up.
"No, they're telling the truth the old king died. Prince Jareth took his place." Hoggel
said gaining some nerve. The two guards don't look impressed.
"Aww, but we haven't had a good smiting in forever." Fluffy said flicking its tail.
"How about this if you're really the king of the goblins prove it." Triad said smirking.
Jareth had finally gotten fed up and marched up to the pair, "Now why in the name of all that
is holy would I prove my self to two low class incompetent fools such as yourselves. I should
throw you both into the bog of eternal stench and let you sink to the bottom and stay there for
impending our progress." He says in a tone Sara knew all too well.
The two shocking gargoyles look back and forth to each other, as they feel and immense power
building up in the man that stood before them.
"Good enough for me how about you Fluffy?"
"Just dandy, can we eat the bird though?" It asked hopefully.
Jareth thinks for a moment, "well…"
"Don't you dare. You can not eat our friend." Sara says interrupting him.
"Well said milady." Trivael says from his hiding place behind her. He looks nervously
at the cat.
"Spoil sports." Fluffy says sitting back down.
"Do either of you know how to get to the castle?" she asks.
"Which one?" Triad asks.
"Right, which one?"
"The castle of the goblin King that is in the center of the labyrinth." She says once again
confused.
"Oh why didn't you say so in the first place." Fluffy says.
"Right, you should have just asked that to begin with. Less confusing you know."
"So you do know the way?" she asks again hopefully.
"Nope not a clue," Fluffy says lying down.
"Nada, zero, zip. Sorry."
"I should have known it wouldn't be that easy. Can you at least tell us what lies beyond
the doors you guard?"
"Hmm, good question. I hear it's a labyrinth. What do you think Triad?"
"Oh I heard it was a tomb. We've never really been there."
"No, we've only been here." Fluffy says sadly.
"Well we could use all the help we can get, why don't you come with us?"
"Abandon our posts?!" Triad cries.
"Impossible."
"Improbably."
"Highly irregular." Fluffy says nodding.
"Let's do it!"
"Sure thing, I'm ready." Fluffy says grinning.
"You two are most peculiar."
"Us? Nah it's just you." Triad says walking towards the giant iron door in front of them.
Triad raps on the door gently and it flies open laying a new path before them.
AN- hmm is it just me or did the story get a weird Alice in wonderland meets Monty Python
groove. Eh oh well tell me what you think.
Chapter 9
The motley crew continued on and the path seemed to get lighter as they went along.
Small glowing orbs magically lit their paths. They all hoped that they where leaving
the worst behind them. The monotony started to grate on Sara's nerves. She was patient
but this was ridiculous. They had been walking for hours now. She slipped her journal
out of her pocket and decided to read and try to figure out more of what was happing
around them.
The strange alliance now included the former prince of a land all but forgotten. They
did not know who are what he really was but the girl found herself comforted to be in
his presence. The goblin king followed them in silence not sure of what to make of the
new comer but felt him as more of a nuisance then anything. The group passes several
sealed doors. The inhabitants of these prisons are beyond help and their prison had
long ago become their tomb. The tunnel widens ahead of them into a small room whose
only occupants were two gargoyles.
Sara looks up from her journal and regards the two stone creatures now in front of her.
The first statue looked rather cat like with long leather wings and the other looked more
like something she'd find adorning a chapel.
"Well what do we do now?" Trivael asks thumping one of the gargoyles on the head.
Quicker then any of them could blink the catlike one snapped at his hand.
In a low gravely voice it said, "I'd watch who you are thumping bird."
The second one spoke up then, "Yes that is so, or you may be thumped back."
The cat one stretches its wings shaking off dust.
"Are you really made of stone?" Sara asks bewildered.
"Are you really that stupid? We are stone when we choose to be. We are the royal guards of
this prison. I am Triad the bringer of death and destruction." The second gargoyle said
haughtily. "And this is my partner Fluffy." It said pointing to the feline one.
"Fluffy?" The group looked on confusion.
"Yes Fluffy do you have a problem with that?" It said extending its very sharp feline claws.
"Nope no problem here." Trivael said backing away.
"Seeing as we are the guards in a forgotten prison, your presence here can mean only two things.
One, you are trying to escape, or two you're trying to help some one else escape. So we
must kill you." Triad said matter of factly.
"Yes nothing personal you see. Just doing our jobs." Fluffy said slinking closer to the group.
"No wait! See this guy, he's the king of the goblins so he's like your boss right?" Sara said
pointing to Jareth who looked more then a little irritated about the whole situation.
"Nope won't work the king was old, and an ass. This guy looks like a poof." Triad said
standing up.
"No, they're telling the truth the old king died. Prince Jareth took his place." Hoggel
said gaining some nerve. The two guards don't look impressed.
"Aww, but we haven't had a good smiting in forever." Fluffy said flicking its tail.
"How about this if you're really the king of the goblins prove it." Triad said smirking.
Jareth had finally gotten fed up and marched up to the pair, "Now why in the name of all that
is holy would I prove my self to two low class incompetent fools such as yourselves. I should
throw you both into the bog of eternal stench and let you sink to the bottom and stay there for
impending our progress." He says in a tone Sara knew all too well.
The two shocking gargoyles look back and forth to each other, as they feel and immense power
building up in the man that stood before them.
"Good enough for me how about you Fluffy?"
"Just dandy, can we eat the bird though?" It asked hopefully.
Jareth thinks for a moment, "well…"
"Don't you dare. You can not eat our friend." Sara says interrupting him.
"Well said milady." Trivael says from his hiding place behind her. He looks nervously
at the cat.
"Spoil sports." Fluffy says sitting back down.
"Do either of you know how to get to the castle?" she asks.
"Which one?" Triad asks.
"Right, which one?"
"The castle of the goblin King that is in the center of the labyrinth." She says once again
confused.
"Oh why didn't you say so in the first place." Fluffy says.
"Right, you should have just asked that to begin with. Less confusing you know."
"So you do know the way?" she asks again hopefully.
"Nope not a clue," Fluffy says lying down.
"Nada, zero, zip. Sorry."
"I should have known it wouldn't be that easy. Can you at least tell us what lies beyond
the doors you guard?"
"Hmm, good question. I hear it's a labyrinth. What do you think Triad?"
"Oh I heard it was a tomb. We've never really been there."
"No, we've only been here." Fluffy says sadly.
"Well we could use all the help we can get, why don't you come with us?"
"Abandon our posts?!" Triad cries.
"Impossible."
"Improbably."
"Highly irregular." Fluffy says nodding.
"Let's do it!"
"Sure thing, I'm ready." Fluffy says grinning.
"You two are most peculiar."
"Us? Nah it's just you." Triad says walking towards the giant iron door in front of them.
Triad raps on the door gently and it flies open laying a new path before them.
AN- hmm is it just me or did the story get a weird Alice in wonderland meets Monty Python
groove. Eh oh well tell me what you think.